Freightman
03-26-2007, 07:24 PM
Went to the range to see if I could make the Saiga 308/7.62x51 cycle with cast loads> good news is I can, bad news is the boolits need sizing.
I loaded some 311291GW boolits without sizing and sized some the unsized will not chamber the sized .3095 do quite well 1" at 50 yds, the unsized require quite a bit of force to chamber will chamber with my hammer handle shot five to see if they shot the same 1" at 50 yds.
Had some 311466EW unsized that worked fine same 1" at 50.
Was using 47g of WC872 on the 311466 at 150g and 45g on the 311291 at 188g the range master ask what kind of powder I was using when I told him he said your not getting 2000fps, I remarked that is the whole point, he was shooting a Saiga 308 with a 16" barrel mine has a 22" barrel he had a scope and shooting factory ammo and wasn't doing as well as mine with the iorn sights.
I loaded some 311291GW boolits without sizing and sized some the unsized will not chamber the sized .3095 do quite well 1" at 50 yds, the unsized require quite a bit of force to chamber will chamber with my hammer handle shot five to see if they shot the same 1" at 50 yds.
Had some 311466EW unsized that worked fine same 1" at 50.
Was using 47g of WC872 on the 311466 at 150g and 45g on the 311291 at 188g the range master ask what kind of powder I was using when I told him he said your not getting 2000fps, I remarked that is the whole point, he was shooting a Saiga 308 with a 16" barrel mine has a 22" barrel he had a scope and shooting factory ammo and wasn't doing as well as mine with the iorn sights.